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Front cover; Nursing research & statistics second edition; Front matter; Copyright page; Foreword; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; I FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING RESEARCH; 1 Foundation of nursing research; Learning objectives; Introduction; Methods of acquiring knowledge in nursing; Unstructured methods; Structured methods; Problem solving; Problem-solving process; Scientific methods; Characteristics of scientific methods; Purposes of scientific methods; Steps of scientific methods; Limitations of scientific methods. Meaning of research and nursing researchResearch; Nursing research; Need and purposes of nursing research; Importance and significance of nursing research; Historical evolution of nursing research; Contribution of florence nightingale (1820-1910); Major milestones of nursing research in western countries; Major milestones of nursing research in india; Characteristics of good research; Types of research; Quantitative and qualitative research (table 1.2); Quantitative research; Qualitative research; Basic and applied research; Basic research; Applied research. Scope and areas of nursing researchResearch in clinical nursing practices; Research in nursing education; Research in nursing administration; Research in health systems and outcomes of care; Problems in nursing, health, and social research; Concept of evidence-based practice; Meaning of ebp; Steps for process of ebp; Purposes of ebp; Barriers in ebp; Review questions; Long answer and short answer questions; Multiple choice questions; Answers to multiple choice questions; Further reading; 2 Overview of research process; Learning objectives; Introduction; Basic research terms. Quantitative research process: OverviewQualitative research process: Overview; Ethics in nursing research; Definition; Importance of ethics in nursing research; Code of ethics in nursing research; Principle of beneficence; Principle of justice; Principle of respect of human dignity; Informed consent; Waiver of informed consent; Responsibilities of an investigator in obtaining informed consent; Icmr ethical guidelines for biomedical research; Code of ethics for nurses in india; Ethical responsibilities of a nurse researcher; Review questions; Long answer and short answer questions. Multiple choice questionsAnswers to multiple choice questions; Further reading; 3 Research problem; Learning objectives; Introduction; Definitions; Identification of research problem; Sources of research problem; Criteria for selecting a good research problem; Formulation of research problem; Identification of variables; Operational definitions; Essential characteristics of operational definitions; Writing research objectives; Meaning of research objectives; Characteristics of research objectives; Need of research objectives; Types of research objectives; Method of stating objectives.